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1 Read the Board & Get Out a Piece of Paper for Notes #2

2 Notes #2 From your memory, write down the definitions of: THEME & SYMBOL

3 Motif- the repetition of a symbol, image, or idea which is used to SEND/EXPRESS the theme. For example: Through the repetition of horses (which symbolize turning points for Paul) the message is sent that…

4 A SYMBOL repeating…. can create a MOTIF. Through the MOTIF … we (the readers) are sent a message ( theme ). SYMBOL M O T I F THEM E

5 Diction: fancy word for an author’s (or speaker’s) “word choice.” For example: Poet Langston Hughes specifically chose to use the word “brother” in order to indirectly connect everyone despite our color.

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